While most of the damage from this system occurred in nearby western Missouri, there were a few areas of tree damage in eastern Kansas from a complex of storms moving out of southeast Nebraska and southern Iowa.
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The episode as NWS EAX wrote it up.
While most of the damage from this system occurred in nearby western Missouri, there were a few areas of tree damage in eastern Kansas from a complex of storms moving out of southeast Nebraska and southern Iowa.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 12, 3:02 AM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO 402 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016 .Discussion... Issued at 401 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016 Short Term (Today through Wednesday night): MCS over northern Missouri this morning and another over eastern Kansas are about to merge together as they continue to push sewd. These storms are being fueled by a swly 40-50kt LLJ. This LLJ is expected to weaken this morning however storms will continue to move across the CWA and weaken through the morning hours as it does. This will leave residual cloud cover across the area this morning as well. The cold front which sparked the convection last night is still well to the west across eastern NE extending swwd into central Kansas. This will leave the area in a very moist environment today with dewpoints in the low to mid 70s. Convection during the afternoon will be contingent on any overflow boundaries left over from this morning's convection and increased instability in the afternoon if the sun does emerge. Both the NAM and GFS depict 2500- 3000J/kg of MUCAPE which would aid in the potential for severe storms with large hail and damaging winds the main threat. However, the better threat may come this evening when the LLJ strengthens again and noses into the area. Another MCS is expected to develop over the area. Severe storms with large hail and damaging winds will again be possible. Also, another round of heavy rain will be possible with PWAT values hovering right around 2". Tomorrow morning the LLJ again veers and weakens and thunderstorms should again diminish. During the afternoon on Wednesday a shortwave trough will move through the northern Plains into the Upper Midwest. This will finally force the aforementioned cold front towards the area Wednesday afternoon. Storms are expected to develop across the Upper Midwest during the afternoon however the local area should remain capped for the bulk of the day Wednesday. It is not until that enough convergence along the cold front and the upper shortwave impinges on the local area that storms will develop locally. Extreme instability coupled with dewpoints in the mid 70s will allow for severe storms capable of large hail and damaging wings. Heavy rain will again be a concern with PWATs between 1.75"-2". Late afternoon/evening storms may be maintain or enhanced but yet another nocturnal LLJ which will again be nosing into the local area Wednesday night. Long Range (Thursday through Monday): The long range continues to look unsettled as the upper level flow becomes quasi-zonal across the region. Models analyzes the cold front across the southern CWA by Thursday afternoon. Thunderstorms will again be possible along this front with afternoon instability and again Thursday night as again the LLJ reintensifies. Storms may however may develop south of the area depending on how much push to the south the front makes. Additional rounds of storms will be possible for Friday and Saturday night as several shortwaves traverse the area on zonal flow. By Sunday, the cold front will return back through the area as a warm front as upper level ridging builds into the area. This should allow for hot conditions to return to the area late this weekend into the beginning of next week. && .Aviation...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Tuesday Night) Issued at 1058 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2016 Thunderstorm complex over east central NE/west central IA is expected to sag south and into northern MO overnight. MVFR ceilings expected with the stronger cells. Activity will likely continue south towards the KC terminals during the pre-dawn hours and decrease in coverage and intensity. Some concern that new convection forming along the KS portion of the cold front could track east and into east central KS/west central MO towards sunrise. Models having a difficult and slow time adapting to current convective trends. Difficult to gauge where any of the outflow boundaries will end up as they will likely dictate where new convection forms later Tuesday afternoon and evening so best to broadbrush with VCTS and VFR ceilings/visibilities. && .EAX Watches/Warnings/Advisories... KS...None. MO...None. && Discussion...73 Aviation...MJ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 507 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016 KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040- 043>046-053-054-131015- ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-JOHNSON KS- ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-PUTNAM-SCHUYLER- HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-BUCHANAN-CLINTON- CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON- RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS- COOPER-BATES-HENRY- 507 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING...AGAIN THIS EVENING...WITH A THIRD ROUND POSSIBLE TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL... STRONG WINDS...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EAX/HWO .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS WEEK AS AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN DEVELOPS OVER THE CENTRAL U.S. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS REMAINING THE MAIN THREATS. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS WEEK AS SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE ACCESSED AT... HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/EAX/HWO
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
254 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016
KSZ025-MOZ013-014-020>023-028>031-120845-
ATCHISON KS-LIVINGSTON MO-BUCHANAN MO-RAY MO-CALDWELL MO-CLAY MO-
CLINTON MO-DE KALB MO-CARROLL MO-PLATTE MO-DAVIESS MO-
254 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ATCHISON...
NORTHWESTERN CARROLL...CLINTON...SOUTHWESTERN LIVINGSTON...
SOUTHWESTERN DAVIESS...RAY...PLATTE...CALDWELL...SOUTHEASTERN
DEKALB...CLAY AND SOUTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTIES UNTIL 345 AM CDT...
AT 253 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
WINDS ASSOCAITED WITH THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
HAMILTON TO NEAR GOWER TO NEAR RUSHVILLE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
50 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KANSAS CITY...LEAVENWORTH...LIBERTY...GLADSTONE...EXCELSIOR
SPRINGS...
ATCHISON...CAMERON...SMITHVILLE...KEARNEY...RICHMOND...PLATTE CITY...
CARROLLTON...LAWSON...PLATTSBURG...LATHROP...HAMILTON...WEATHERBY
LAKE...
WESTON...GOWER AND BRAYMER.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 35 IN MISSOURI BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 57.
INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 7 AND 41.
INTERSTATE 435 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 24 AND 49.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
&&
LAT...LON 3964 9519 3965 9512 3962 9510 3962 9506
3966 9504 3970 9457 3987 9394 3938 9329
3923 9402 3923 9475 3936 9489 3939 9489
3939 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0753Z 314DEG 45KT 3973 9397 3962 9452 3962 9507
32PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
350 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0245 AM TSTM WND DMG ST. JOSEPH 39.77N 94.85W
07/12/2016 BUCHANAN MO 911 CALL CENTER
NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN ST. JOSEPH
&&
32PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
401 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0345 AM TSTM WND DMG LIBERTY 39.25N 94.42W
07/12/2016 CLAY MO 911 CALL CENTER
LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS ROADWAY ON LIBERTY DRIVE NEAR
FAIRVIEW
&&
32PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
412 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0355 AM TSTM WND GST LIBERTY 39.25N 94.42W
07/12/2016 M53 MPH CLAY MO AWOS
&&
32PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
441 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0439 AM TSTM WND DMG 3 W INDEPENDENCE 39.09N 94.47W
07/12/2016 JACKSON MO FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREE ON A HOUSE ON SOUTH HOME AVE.
&&
SMELLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
441 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016
KSZ025-103-MOZ020-028-121015-
ATCHISON KS-LEAVENWORTH KS-BUCHANAN MO-PLATTE MO-
441 AM CDT TUE JUL 12 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN LEAVENWORTH...
CENTRAL ATCHISON...NORTHWESTERN PLATTE AND SOUTHWESTERN BUCHANAN
COUNTIES UNTIL 515 AM CDT...
AT 441 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
LANCASTER...OR 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ATCHISON...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEAVENWORTH...LANSING...ATCHISON...WESTON...RUSHVILLE...LANCASTER...
EASTON...LEWIS AND CLARK VILLAGE...DE KALB...FARMINGTON...IATAN...
STILLINGS...FAUCETT...LEWIS AND CLARK VI...POTTER...
FORT LEAVENWORTH...LOWEMONT...CUMMINGS...BEVERLY AND BEAN LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 31 AND 38.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
&&
LAT...LON 3964 9533 3964 9511 3963 9510 3962 9510
3962 9506 3964 9505 3964 9474 3924 9491
3934 9518 3942 9518 3942 9538
TIME...MOT...LOC 0941Z 286DEG 40KT 3951 9526
32The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:10 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree of unknown size or condition was down in Atchison.
Several small tree limbs were down in Overland Park.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, July 2016
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 650380, 650381.